H and H Coffee

Dedicated to the history of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. est. 1899 in San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio on Wheels: The Alamo City Learns to Drive by Hugh Hemphill

Cover image: first-party in-hand capture, 2026-07-24 (TODO-75 intake).

By Hugh Hemphill · foreword by Red McCombs · year TBD (verify in-hand)

Bibliographic detail

  • Author: Hugh Hemphill; foreword by Red McCombs
  • Publisher: TBD — verify in-hand
  • Year: TBD — verify in-hand
  • Format: Softcover; pagination/ISBN TBD — verify in-hand

Physical description

Softcover; the cover reproduces an early-automobile-era downtown photograph under a maroon title band. Condition and physical details TBD — to be recorded on the bibliographic sweep.

Provenance

Long-held shelf copy; acquisition source, date, and price are unrecorded. Registered to the research library from the 2026-07-24 shelf-photography session. Accession: HH-BOOK-2026-0034.

Why it matters

When H and H’s delivery operation traded horse-drawn wagons for motor trucks, it did so on the streets this book chronicles. Useful for dating fleet transitions visible in the factory photographs and for the delivery-driver history around the 601 Delaware plant.

Related: The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas · Library